Richard Eckersley (designer)
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Richard Eckersley | |
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| Born | 20 February 1941 Lancashire, England |
| Died | 16 April 2006 (aged 65) Lincoln, Nebraska, US |
| Occupation | British graphic designer |
Richard Hilton Eckersley (20 February 1941 – 16 April 2006)[1] was a graphic designer best known for experimental computerized typography designed to complement deconstructionist academic works.
Born in
E. McKnight Kauffer
had once been art director.
He later joined the state-sponsored Kilkenny Design Workshops in Ireland. After six years there, Eckersley took a teaching position in the United States, and in 1981 he got a job at the University of Nebraska Press, where he shook up the field with computer-designed typography for Avital Ronell's Telephone Book: Technology, Schizophrenia, Electric Speech. The unorthodox design had the intended effect of breaking up the text's readability.
References
- Heller, Steven (April 19, 2006). "Richard Eckersley, 65, Graphic Designer, Dies". The New York Times.
External links
- Richard Eckersley Website
- Essay by Roy R Behrens
- In Remembrance of Richard Eckersley by Bill Regier
- Richard Eckersley, 65, Graphic Designer, Dies by Steven Heller
- Obituary in the Guardian
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